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Chinese symbol for “triglyceride”

甘油三酯
gān yóu sān zhǐ
triglyceride

The closest CC-CEDICT match for triglyceride is 甘油三酯 (gān yóu sān zhǐ), defined as: triglyceride.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

甘 gān
sweet, tasty; willing
radical 99 ⽢ · 5 strokes
油 yóu
oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
酯 zhǐ
ester
radical 164 ⾣ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “triglyceride”

WordPinyinMeaning
甘油三脂gān yóu sān zhītriglyceride
三酸甘油酯sān suān gān yóu zhǐtriglyceride

Related words

Other words that share a character with 甘油三酯.

WordPinyinMeaning
甘蔗gān zhesugar cane; 节 (jié)
甘心gān xīnto be willing to; to resign oneself to
甘愿 (甘願)gān yuànwillingly
心甘情愿 (心甘情願)xīn gān qíng yuàndelighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do
不甘bù gānunreconciled to; not resigned to
甘草gān cǎolicorice root
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum
加油jiā yóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
聚酯jù zhǐpolyester

See also: Japanese symbol for “triglyceride”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.